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Volta Regional Health Directorate Denies HIV Outbreak At Ho Technical University – The Volta Regional Health Directorate, under the Ghana Health Service, has refuted claims circulating on social media about an alleged HIV/AIDS outbreak at Ho Technical University. Initial reports, originating from a blog, alleged that more than 400 students …

Patients In Danger As Ghanaian Nurses Head For UK’s NHS – The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system …

67% Of Jobless Ghanaians Are Women GSS – Females account for two-thirds of the unemployed in Ghana, according to the 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey Third Quarter Labour Statistics Report, which was released today. The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, emphasized at the report launch that the …

MTN’s Data Zone Bundle To Be Restored On May 5 – Telecommunications company, MTN Ghana has announced that it will restore the Data Zone bundle to customers on Friday, May 5, 2023. The announcement follows the suspension of the data package bundle which took effect on April 5, 2023. The …

Court fines McDan GH¢40,000 for ‘forcibly’ taking over a land from its owner – Businessman and Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley, has been convicted by the Accra High Court for contempt. Businessman and Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley, has been …

PURC Increases Electricity And Water Tariffs Effective February 1 – The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission has increased electricity and water tariffs by 29.96% and 8.3% respectively. The new rates take effect from February 1, 2023. This follows the conclusion of its regulatory process for the quarterly adjustment of utility …

E-levy Review Good But Further Reduction Better MoMo Agents – The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana has welcomed the approval of the reduction in the Electronic Transfer Levy rate and the subsequent restoration of the GH¢100 threshold on daily transactions. The Minority in Parliament succeeded in ensuring that government …

Don’t Blame Us For Abandoning Post; Our Lives Are In Danger Nurses – The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association says its members at Bawku in the Upper East region cannot be faulted for abandoning post. The group says the current security situation in Bawku does not support a conducive working …

Ghana To Trade Nurses For Cash With UK; State To Earn £1,000 Per Nurse – Ghana is about signing a nurse-for-cash agreement with the government of the United Kingdom. Each nurse Ghana sends to the UK, once the deal is done, is likely to fetch the West African country £1,000, …